Baseboard for the loose leaves for journals and the like



Feb. 2Q, 1923,

A. RUF

BASEBOARD FOR THE LOOSE LEAVES FOR JOURNALS AND THE LIKE Filed Mar. 51, 1921 2 sheets-sheet A. RUF.

BASEBOARD FOR THE LOOSE LEAVES FOR JOURNALS AND THE LIKE Filed Mal". 51, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 2 Fig.8 IE

Jouvnul-Folioz Entries Patented Feb.- Zlll, 1923..

STATES ALFONS lEtUF, OF KREUZLINGEN, SFIII'ZEBLAND.

BASEBOARD FOR THE LOOSE LEAVES FOR JOURNALS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 31, 1921.

Z '0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFoNs RUE, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baseboards for the Loose Leaves for Journals and the like (for which I have secured patents in Switzerland J an. 7, 1918, Patent No. 78,115, and Germany February 28, 1919, Patent No. 327,803, and filed ap plication for patent in England Jan. 10, 1921, No. 164A/21) and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains .to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference 6 marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a baseboard for the loose leaves of journals, for carbon paper and cards, in which on the board of polished metal, at least one hinged supporting bar is mounted; the said board has for each fixing bar and underneath the latter at least two fixing pins for the journal or carbon leaves having corresponding perforations and each fixing bar is also provided with perforations corresponding to the fixing pins, by means of which perforations it can move down to clamping position over the fixing pins. For each fixing bar a spring clip is fitted on the board for holding the bar in the closed position, all for the purpose of enabling the leaves to be held one over the other on the board during duplicating so that they cannot slip.

In the accompanying drawing, constructional examples of the invention are shown.

Fig. 1 is a top view of the constructional form for writing'through from cards on to the leaves of the journal.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line l-l of Fig. 1 and v 1 Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line llll of Fig. 1 to an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the constructional form for writing through from the leaves of the journal onto the cards.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation and Fig. 7 is a cross section on line ni -HI of Fig. 5 to an enlarged scale.

Fig. 8 is a top view of another construc- Serial No. 457,452.

tional form for writing through from the leaves of the journal on the cards.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation, partly in section of the same form, when not in use.

Fig. 10 is a top view of a part of this constructional form to an enlarged scale, partly in section and Fig. 11 is a cross section on line IVIV of F 1g. 8 to an enlarged scale.

In the constructional form according to Figs. 1 to 4., is the base-board of polished metal, preferably aluminum, on which the two fixing bars 2 are held so as to open like a hinge about the pivots '3. On the board 1 under the fixing bars 2, the fixing pins 4 are fixed, on which the leaf 5 of the journal and the carbon sheets 6 which have perforations 7 corresponding to the pins 4 are placed. The fixing bars 2'-also have perforations corresponding to the pins 4, so that in the closed position they pass over the fixing pins and are adapted to press the leaf 5 of the journal with. the carbon sheet 6 on the base-board. For each of the fixing bars 2, a spring clip 8 is fitted, said clips admitting of the fixing bars being folded up and down. In the closed position the clips slip over the ends of the bars, for the purpose of holding them in this position.

Associated with each fixing bar 2, is a supplementary bar 9 parallel therewith and connected thereto by means of U-shaped supports 11. One end of each support is secured to the bar 9 and the other end thereof is slidably fitted in an opening in a rod 10, so that the bar 9 may be moved toward and from the board, while springs 12 which are fixed on the one hand to the supports 11 and on the other hand to the fixing bar 2, serve to press the supplementary bar 9 against the base-board. These supplementary bars 9 serve the purpose of holding the cards 13 of which only a portion is visible in Fig. 1, firmly on the leaf 5 of the journal and carbon sheet while it is 'being written on, the corresponding fixing bar 2 serving as a stop for the side of the card. After the supplementary bars 9 have been folded over in the direction of the arrow 14 (Fig.4), the cards can be displaced along the fixing bars 2 or removed. Handle 16 fixed to the rod. 10 is provided for operating the supplementary bars 9.

In the constructional form according to Figs. 5 to 7, which is intended to be used for putting the original writing on the leaves of the journal. and at the same time writing through on the cards. a special abutment rail 15 is fitted under thefixing bar 2 on the base-board for the card 13, which is to he slid under the leaf 5 of the journal and the carbon sheet 6. and on the bar '15 are the fixing pins 7 for the journal leaf and carbon sheet. over which pins the fixing bar 2 fits with its perforations T when in the closed position. A spring clip 8 also serves for holding the fixing bar 2 in the closed position.

In the c mstructional form according to Figs. 8 to 11 the plane through the axes of the fixing pins 4. is parallel to the inner margin 18 of the fixing bar 2*. 19 are pieces fixed on the baseboard and provided with holes 20 through which a pin 21 can be provided, which fits in the hole 22 of the fixing bar 2 and keeps the latter in closed position. in which it is pressed tight to the base-board l On each fixing bar 2*, a supplementary bar 9 which is parallel with it, is held by means of an arm 23 mounted on the bar 9*, the arm 23 being pivoted on an axis 24, which is mounted in guiding plates 25. The arm 23 is provided with a handle 26 and is pressed by a spring 27, so that the supplementary bar 9 is pressed on the baseboard. The supplementary bar 9 is provided with a numbered scale from 1 to 32 corresponding with the positions of the lines on the journal leaves and cards.

The base-board extends: the entire width of the journal leaf 5, which at both its side margins is provided with a pair of circular perforations. These perforations correspond with the fixing pins 4 and their centres lie in a straight line which is parallel to the side margins of the journal leaf. The journal leaf is on the left and also on the right side provided with the rubrics: Debit date, Debit text, Debit total sum, diflerent accounts and in the middle there is left a space for entries.

The account card 13 is provided with the rubrics: Date, Text. Debit and Credit columns and the division is so adjusted that when for instance the left side margin of the card l3 'touches the margin 18" of the left fixing bar the date and text rubrics of the journal leaf and the account card as well as the debit rubrics of the account card correspond with the debit rubrics of the journal leaf. (except the account current rubric, in which the debit on the journal leaf )corresponds to the credit of the account card The entry is for instance done so that the original writing comes on the account card and the opy on the journal leaf. hen the journal leaf and the carbon paper are fixed on the l)ilF(-l)(')tll'(l by means of the fixing pins 4* and the fixing bars 2 the account card is placed either on the left 1' on the right side, depending on the character of the entry, by folding up the supplementary bar. so that the horizontal lines correspond, which is easy to ascertain by means of the scale and so that the margin of the. card just touches the margin 16 of the fixing bar. whereon the supplementary bar is folded down, fixing the account card.

Through writing on the account card with original hand writing is contrary to the former method. by which the copy came on the account cards, in the first place there will be a control of the accuracy of all the entries (through conformity between journal debit and credit sum in the copy without balance control) and second, the ac count card. which is an important document of lasting value and necessary for -various uses will be in original writing,

whereby the journal, which has only transitory value as a control book, is provided with the copy.

When the journal leaf shall be provided with the original and the account card with the copy, a special abutment bar is provided for the account card, which is to be shoved under the journal leaf and the carbon paper.

The special advantages of this invention are that wrong entries in debit instead of in credit and the contrary are impossible, so that the end sums of the debit and credit columns always conform with each other.

Because of the absence of the balance control there is more space left, especially when the fixing bars, as in the last constructional example are provided at the margins of the base-board.

In some special cases, Where only half.

journal leaves are used, the base-board may be provided with only one fixing bar and the right half of it from the dotted line V-V in Fig. 8 may be eliminated.

In all the described constructional ex amples of the base-board. a quick, convenient and accurate arranging of the journal leaves and cards relatively to one another is ensured, and by this means an exact superposition of the text and figures of the original and copy is made possible.

I claim:

1. A'base-board for the loose leaves of journals for carbon paper and cards for duplicating. comprising a board, fixing bars extending across the same and each hinged at one end thereto, means for fixing the journal leaves and car on sheets under the bars, interposed between the bars and the board, and means operatively connected to each of the fixing bars for the purpose of holding the cards.

2. A base-board for the loose leaves of journals for carbon paper and cards for ed at one end to the board, interposed means between said board and said fixing bar for fixing the journal leaves and carbon sheets under the bar, and a supplementary bar arranged parallel to the fixing bar and movably connected to and carried by the latter, and a spring to press said supplementary bar toward the board, said supplementary bar being provided with graduations spaced according to the spacing between the lines on the journal leaves and the account cards.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed no name.

ALF ONS RUF. 

